Unit 9 WWI & Roaring 20's

What was the name given to the post-WW1 period of anti-communist hysteria?

What was an important result of the Spanish-American War (for America)?

The fight for women’s suffrage in the U.S. was successfully led by what two groups?

What Constitutional Amendment gave American women the right to vote?

One name given to the 1920’s, due to the music of the time period was the “____________.”

Wilson persuaded Germany to stop unrestricted submarine warfare by threatening to

What group of Americans led the major reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th century?

What U.S. socialist was imprisoned for 10 years under the Alien & Sedition laws?

What was the main reason for labor unrest after WW1?

The most famous writer and poet of the Harlem Renaissance was ____________.

This was famous area in New York City was a hotbed of music performance and music publishing.

Which of the following factors most influenced the US change from neutrality towar declaration?

The fear of the spread of communism in the late 1910s and early 1920s resulted from this event.

The Great Migration to northern cities during WW1 occurred by what group of people?

What two inventions, during the 1920’s, led to a celebrity culture?

What was the name of the organization of nations settled disputes President Wilson proposed?

The immigrants effected by the quota laws of the 1920’s were mainly from_____________.

Which amendment established Prohibition?

Which process allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by the legislature?

Who wrote a book criticizing the business practices of Standard Oil Company?

The ____ Amendment, ratified in 1913, provided for direct election of U.S. Senators.

Name the system of rules in the South made segregation and discrimination the law of the land.

Who first used the assembly line to produce automobiles quickly and cheaply?

Why did American unions oppose Chinese immigration?

What initial development eventually led to the Spanish-American War?

Who was the American songwriter, who composed “God Bless America” and “White Christmas?”

What was the main problem that arose from Prohibition?

What did Upton Sinclair’s book, “The Jungle” bring to America’s attention?

American men did not want American women to vote because they

Name the type of warfare, during WW1, where battle lines were at a standstill (or stalemate).

What pledge did Germany give to the U.S. in return for diplomatic relations?

26. The most famous trumpeter of the Jazz Age was _____________.

An increase in nativist attitudes resulted in the conviction of these two men in the 1920’s.

What legislative act virtually banned Chinese immigration to America for over 61 years?

What type of music originated in the city of New Orleans?

What was President Wilson’s plan to ensure lasting peace called?

What was the doctrine accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson?

Why did many U.S. Senators refuse to accept U.S. involvement in the League of Nations?

The Harlem Renaissance was a literary ‘awakening’ among this ethnic group of Americans.

Jane Addams created a center for the underprivileged. What was this center called?

What process allows voters to put a proposed new law by collecting voters signatures?

Those who protested the government during WW1 were arrested and imprisoned due to these laws.

Which procedure permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election?

Newspaper stories written to inflame the passion of the public are referred to as __________.